The biggest potential problem with both of these is smell. The basket one is probably easy - you can probably air it out and it'll be fine in a few weeks. The bamboo one might forever smell like whatever varnish they use - which will contaminate your cake.

MarshalN wrote:The biggest potential problem with both of these is smell. The basket one is probably easy - you can probably air it out and it'll be fine in a few weeks. The bamboo one might forever smell like whatever varnish they use - which will contaminate your cake.

Leave your cakes in the wrapper they came in, or, in case they came without, wrap them in an acid free paper. Leave the cakes in a shady corner in the house with mild airflow (no aircon, or direct exposure to fans!) and away from strong smells, such as kitchen smells. Wait at least ten years, and the cakes will be perfect.Forget about these two containers. They are at best useless, at worst they will destroy the tea. You live in the possibly best climate for natural Sheng Pu Erh storage.

Leave your cakes in the wrapper they came in, or, in case they came without, wrap them in an acid free paper. Leave the cakes in a shady corner in the house with mild airflow (no aircon, or direct exposure to fans!) and away from strong smells, such as kitchen smells. Wait at least ten years, and the cakes will be perfect.Forget about these two containers. They are at best useless, at worst they will destroy the tea. You live in the possibly best climate for natural Sheng Pu Erh storage.

Yeah there's no point. I am interested in brazilian storage sounds like it could be a great place to age tea?

I am interested in brazilian storage sounds like it could be a great place to age tea?

7 months close to a beach in Rio. So far so good, but I'm playing safe, using cardboard boxes, just to be sure of things. With the amount of raining since I came back, I'm sure they'd be a lot more oxidized if it wasn't for that outer layer. I'll see how things go.

One thing I'm very thankful for is the relative unmoldiness here. In Chongqing water with tea fannings and such inside a plastic bottle would turn into a j-horror black star of death (I didn't even know that was possible) over a couple or days or so.